The Differences in Verbal Issues between South Korea and the U.S

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The Differences in Verbal Issues between South Korea and the U.S

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Language is one of the core symbols of a nation. It represents its history, culture, and social life. Therefore, there have been many hypotheses and arguments about the relationship between language and people. For instance, Edward Sapir asserts that language influenced and even determined the way people think. According to him:
Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society. It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection. The fact of the matter is that the `real world` is to a large extent unconsciously built upon the language habits of the group. No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. The worlds in which different societies live are distinct worlds, not merely the same world with different labels attached...

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